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CUDWEED
Definition of CUDWEED
noun
Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera: Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America Gnaphalium, with species in Eurasia and the Americas Pseudognaphalium, native to North America Filago, of Eurasia and North America Euchiton, native to Australasia and the Pacific Helichrysum, occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia.
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Where it comes from
From cud + weed, or perhaps an alteration of cottonweed or cut weed (referring to its application to cuts and chafings).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUDWEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUDWEED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDDEEUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CUDWEED?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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